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A. D. MAGKELLAR. Decd.

J. MAGKELLAR, Administrator.

SIPHON PUMP;

- No. 266,377. Patented 001:.2 L1882.v

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UNtTisn STATES PATENT Trice.

ALEXANDER D. MAOKELLAE, ()F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, (JOHN MACKELLAR, ADMINISTRATOR OF SAID MACKELLAR, DECEASED.)

SlPHON-PUMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 266,377, dated October 24, 1882.

Application filed January 25, 1882.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it. known that I, ALEXANDER D. MAO- KELLAR, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Siphon-Pump, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of pumps which may be used for drawing water or other liquids without the aid to of a piston, which is necessary to the successful operation of ordinary force-pumps.

'lhe object of my invention is to produce a pump which will be self-acting and maybe worked for agiven time (say two days, more or less-)without labor or attention and thereby do good service on eanal-boats and all other floating craft, as well as in general use; and these objects are attained in the following manner, referring to the drawings, of which Figure l is a side view of one of the improved pumps having outer cap or cover removed, exposing to view an electrical motor. Fig. 2 is a central sectional elevation taken on line y y of Fi 6. Figs. 3 and 4 are respectively a detailed side elevation and front view ofthe fan-wheel or air-blower. Fig. 5 is a crosssection of the entire pump, taken on line a mot Fig. 1. Fig. (3 is a front view of the improved pump.

There are four separate chambers or compartments (shown best in Fig. 5)viz, B, U, l), and E-so formed by means of the castiron shell A (shown best in Fig. 5) and heads or covers A A (shown in Figs. 1, 5, and 6) and firmly secured together bythe screws a. Leading from one end of the shell A is a pipe, F, through which the liquid will pass into the chamber 0, and at the other end of the chamber U is a pipe, G, through which the water or otherliquid will pass out of the said chamber 0,

. and so on to its destination. The chamber D contains two cups, of any desirable size and shape, and when supplied with the necessary chemicals will compose an electric battery.

The chamber E is used to inease an electric motor.

I will not enter into a minute description of the mechanism I employ to transmit power from motor to the air-blower,as itcan be done (No model.) 1

with worm-wheels and gearing. or by lever N, connecting-rod O, and crank P, as shown in Fig. 1; but if desirable to either increase or decrease the speed of air-blower H it will of course become necessary to use a series of gearing.

I do not claim any novelty respecting the air-blower,except in combination with the funnel-shaped air-duct I, leading into pipe G of the siphon, for the purpose of keeping up the continuous flow of liquid through the water- 6 chamber U. The air-duct I may be made of uniform size from the air-chamber B to the outlet or discharge pipe G; but I consider the form illustrated in Fig. 6 preferable, as this form permits the air-duct to receive a greater quantity of air at the top and discharge the same through the smaller aperture at the bottom into the outlet-pipe G with greater force than would an air-duct constructed of uniform size from top to bottom. The lower end of the air-duct l is made smaller than the outlet-pipe G, and after entering said pipe G the discharge endt'ofthe air-duct- I is so constructed as to take the same course (for about two inches more or less) as does the liquid which flows around and past it, and by discharging its air with great force into said discharge-pipe G of the siphon a suction is created sufficient to start and keep up the fiow of liquid as long as there is a supply for the draft-pipe F. The lateral projection 17 of air-duct I may be perforated upon its sides with small holes t, as shown in Fig. 2, or it may be left whole to its open end.

A pump constructed in this manner can be manufactured at small cost, and its operation is very simple.

The casing A may be constructed with but three compartments or chambers, B, O, and l), by using the chamber D for both the motor and the battery; or, in other words, the motor and battery may be. placed togethcrin one compartment, the position on either one side or the other of the casing A not being at all essential to the perfect operation of the pump, the principal idea in this invention being to combine the motor and the batterywithin the casing A, and thereby form a portable pump not incumbered with wires from a stationary battery. The course taken by the air in chamber B and air-duct I is indicated by the dart shown in Fig. 2.

Having" described my invention, I claim- 1. A siphon-pump having as an auxiliary suetioirpowcr an air-blower, H, driven by an electric motor, M, in combination with a funnel-shaped air-duct, I, all concealed and ar ranged to operate within a portable casing, A, A, A", d, and e, substantially as and with the objectspecified.

2. In combination with a siphon-pump, the chamber B, air-blower H, shaft J, air-duct I, electric battery L, and electric motor M, arranged to operate as herein described.

3. The air-chamber B and water-chamber (3, incloscd with covers A A having upon their outer sides, respectively, the chambers D and E inclosed with covers (I and c, in combination with inletpipe 1 outlet-pipe G, air injcctor or blower H, shaft J, funnel-shaped airduct I, battery L, and motor M, so arranged as to compose the portable siphon-pump, as herein described and set forth.

4:. The arrangementof an electric motor, with its battery, either in separate compartments or both in one compartment, inclosed and in combination with casing A, chambers B and O, and air-blower II in a siphon-pump, as and for the purpose described.

ALEXANDER I). MACKELLAI.

\Vitnesses:

J. B. THURs'roN, F. M. THURs'roN. 

